Getting A Boost From A “Donaudampfschiffahrtsgesellschaftskapitän”
By Lothar. Filed in Austria |
Our bike trip along the Danube ( Donau ) river is a lot of fun. Today we were riding our bikes for only 25 miles, before getting a boost from a river boat.
The title translates to ” Danube river steamboat company captain “. In German all in one word !
Yesterday, we admired all the gold in the Benedictine monastery of Melk, and last night we stayed in a B+B in the small hamlet of Weissenkirchen. Our room was 72 steps up into a vineyard with a great view of the Danube valley.
The 4 hour boatride up the Danube took us along vineyards of the famous ” Wachau ” , the white wine produced in this region is called ” Green Veltliner “. We passed the ruin of “Dürnstein” castle, where the English King “Richard Lionheart” was held prisoner from 1192 to 1193.
We feel very fortunate, that we are free to roam the earth during this year and are not incarcerated in any way !
The weather here in Austria has been great : sunny, blue skies, but also record heat for May. The temps are in the 90′s !
Our ” derrieres ” are holding up fairly well and should survive the 2 days left in our biking tour !
Saturday, May 28th 2005 at 3:35 am |
easy mit den Wein in the Rein, loathe am I to ride ob schmerzen sind deinen mind Lothar